On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:59:10 -0400, Gerry Preston
wrote:

I'm also intrigued with the Cirrus SR-20
and might consider that as a possibility. My wife likes the
idea of new, I think mainly because she believes it would be
more reliable.

It's not. Mine went to the service center (2 hour round trip by air)
22 times before the first annual. Before you consider a Cirrus you
should join COPA (www.cirruspilots.org) and read about the problems
the planes are having.